BACK­GROUND

Un­veiled at Ap­ple’s re­cent ed­u­ca­tion-fo­cused event, we ex­pect the new iPad is less of a “hot new se­quel” and more like a “re­vised edi­tion pa­per­back with im­proved il­lus­tra­tions.” While this iPad’s specs re­veal two ma­jor up­dates—an up­graded pro­ces­sor, and Pen­cil sup­port—has Ap­ple qui­etly changed any­thing else? Let’s find out with a tear­down!